TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Tonight is the fifth installment of Women Make Film, and this episode covers the chapter topics “Adult/Child,” “Economy,” and “Editing.” Afterward, the all-night festival of movies made by women includes Ava DuVernay’s 2012 drama Middle of Nowhere (at 9:15 p.m. ET, pictured) and Sandy Wilson’s 1985 film My American Cousin (at 8:15 a.m. ET Wednesday).
Various Networks, 9:00 p.m. ET
In 1960, the first televised presidential debate, between Richard Nixon and John Kennedy (pictured), drew 70 million viewers – only two million less than the 1964 Ed Sullivan Show introducing The Beatles to America. The most recent presidential debates – in 2016, between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton – drew an estimated 84 million viewers. And my guess is that this year’s debates, between President Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden, will set yet another ratings record. Watch – then, by all means, vote. Once is the recommended number, at least by one of the candidates this year.